MTS Announces Declaration of Quarterly Cash Dividend

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share. The dividend is payable on April 2, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2012. This is MTS Systems Corporation's 121st consecutive quarterly dividend.

About MTS Systems Corporation

MTS Systems Corporation is a leading global supplier of test systems and industrial position sensors. The Company's testing hardware and software solutions help customers accelerate and improve their design, development, and manufacturing processes and are used for determining the mechanical behavior of materials, products, and structures. MTS' high-performance position sensors provide controls for a variety of industrial and vehicular applications. MTS had 2,003 employees and revenue of $467 million for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2011. Additional information on MTS can be found on the worldwide web at http://www.mts.com.

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